Choosing Love after Unthinkable Loss
Featuring Scarlett Lewis
What would you do if the last words your child wrote were “nurturing, healing, love”?
In this episode of A Life Worth Working, we sit down with Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son Jesse was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Scarlett’s response to that unimaginable tragedy wasn’t revenge—it was a daily, deliberate choice to live by love instead of fear.
Make sure you listen to this episode of A Life Worth Working to learn more about:
The kitchen chalkboard moment that sparked the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, now reaching 16,500+ schools in over 135 countries.
How we turn pain into purpose as well as the science of post-traumatic growth—how hardship can expand our development.
Scarlett’s story reminds us that the soul of our work is inseparable from our humanity, and that even the deepest heartbreak can create ripples of hope.
Press play below and discover how one mother’s radical choice is helping millions of kids learn to choose love over fear—one brave decision at a time.
